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August 2024 Revisited Book 52: Stieg Larsson - The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo I was convinced I wouldn't finish this before the month was out because it's quite thick but, I suppose it lives up to the cliched "unputdownable" adjective. I generally really enjoyed it and it certainly was...

I think critics would say New York Trilogy as a debut remains his masterpiece and it certainly sets out his stall as a meta novelist constantly reminding the reader of the existence of the author but, my favourites are definitely Music of Chance and Book of Illusions. I really enjoyed the more...

August 2024 A bumper month with plenty of time on European train journeys followed by a few weeks finishing up the late shift at work allowing me extra time in the mornings to read. Nine completed, I'll be onto the tenth during today's commute but I don't think I'll finish that until next...

July 2024 Book 37: Ali Smith - Summer What an absolutely perfect ending to the perfect quartet. Such good reading - I'd urge anybody who loves good, modern literature to get on board. The subject of Brexit won't be as relevant to much of the international readers but, it really does just...

Haha, just saw this from an Oxfam shop window and thought you’d all appreciate it here:

@simpleKoala this place might appeal.

No, not a speed reader, in fact I think I read quite steady really. I do read every day though and typically 2-3 hours between commuting and spare moments. It's likely to go up for a while too, I'm changing shift tomorrow so I'll have a couple of hours to myself in the morning. Some of it...

June 2024 Book 32: Hernan Diaz - Trust This was a cracker of a book to open the month with. I absolutely loved it. I'd sort of been putting it off because I thought it was going to be a bit dense and heavy going but, conversely I found it to be extremely easy reading and it had me riveted...

Agreed, I read it a few months back and thought it outstanding, creepy as hell.

RIP Donald Sutherland, one of the greats.

For fans of coloured vinyl, Rough Trade's latest email has a link to pre-order what they are referring to as a 'Blue vinyl series' complete with 85th Anniversary Obi. Sidewinder is the only one listed mind, so who knows what will constitute a series. EDIT: Found one more Cannonball Adderley...

May 2024 Book 28: Paul Auster - Leviathan This month's instalment of my Auster readings was met with the sad news of his passing. Although I've struggled to enjoy some of his works on second readings, I can't help but admire his overall canon and this was in fact, a really enjoyable novel...

A personal favourite, great choice. I was lucky enough to pick up this OG US release when I was working in Switzerland 6 or 7 years ago. Always grateful for a reason to pull it out and spin.

On my list too. My dad has been banging on about how good it is for the past 6 months. Looking forward to getting around to it.